Ok, I rarely drive aggressively. But last night after work about 4 am on an empty road, I decide to let'er rip a lil bit. Turn off the VDC, rollin on 2nd gear rev-up to bout 3k rpm and WAM! into 3rd and I started to fishtail, but got control of her in 2-3 seconds . I was wondering is it because my rear tires are 80% worn? Or power-shifting can make the car spin out?

 

My take is that either the road was cold, wet, or dirty. It shouldn't fishtail in 3rd gear from 3 K RPM shift. At 6K RPM, it should only chirp a bit (and only if you have a good shift).

 

It was about 30 degrees at the time,and the road was clear and dry. Maybe my rev was above 3k rpm, but no way near 6k I'm still leaning on my tires (crappy Pilots ).

 

My stock Pilots are about to go, but I've noticed how little grip they have in the sub 50 degree weather. Same thing happened to me, 38 degrees out tonight=hard rubber

 

Cold weather and much higher rpms than 3 k is your answer.

 

The G does not have near the power required to make the back fishtail for 2 to 3 seconds unless you put a whole lot of over correction into the car. What might have seemed to be 2-3 seconds was probably more like .25 to .5 seconds.

Worn tires will cause a bit more fishtailing but again if the car was straight when you shifted the amount of fishtailing should be nominal. I have a 05 6mt and even shifting at 6700 rpm into third gear i only get a nominal amount of rear wheel spin and very little if any "fishtailing"